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  • Michael Savage Critic Jacqui Smith Resigns in Disgrace

    06/03/2009 2:48:29 PM PDT · by Winged Hussar · 9 replies · 989+ views
    IsraPundit ^ | 6/3/09 | Bill Levinson
    We have often contended that unusual, inexplicable, and/or irresponsible actions by a public official is often symptomatic of serious ethical problems or even criminal behavior. In Luzerne County PA, for example, former judge Mark Ciavarella was known for sentencing juvenile defendants to detention programs without benefit of legal counsel, which should have told the community long ago that something was wrong with him. There was; he recently pleaded guilty to charges that involved kickbacks in connection to the construction and operation of juvenile detention facilities. Ciavarella pleaded guilty and now faces more than seven years in prison. British Home Secretary...
  • British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith = Dolores Umbridge

    05/09/2009 2:18:42 PM PDT · by Winged Hussar · 2 replies · 403+ views
    IsraPundit ^ | 05/09/09 | Bill Levinson
    J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series might well have been influenced by her country's experience in the years before the Second World War, and some of the characters seem to have historical or contemporary counterparts. Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge (Neville Chamberlain) does not wish to believe that Lord Voldemort (Hitler) has returned, and he uses the media to smear anybody who says otherwise. Fudge instead accuses Professor Dumbledore (Winston Churchill?) of assembling a private army with which to take over the Ministry of Magic as opposed to defending it against the Death Eaters: obvious counterparts of Nazis. The Death Eaters'...